Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi today said that he will abide by the decision of the BJP parliamentary party board, which will decide the party's candidate for Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Mr. Joshi was replying to a media query in New Delhi about the reports that BJP wants to shift him from his Varanasi seat to Kanpur in order to make room for party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Joshi said that he is confident that the party will not take any decision that affects its electoral prospects.

Joshi said there is no poster war in Varanasi and added that it is a creation of media.

Meanwhile, RSS today said it is worried about reported Varanasi seat row, but was confident that the party would solve it. RSS General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyaji Joshi told reporters on the concluding day of the three-day meet of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, its top policy making body, in Bangalore that the BJP leaders are experienced enough and capable to resolve the problem.